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The move, which follows a vote by the city's council, follows alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims by the military in Rakhine state, in the west of Burma, the country of which she is de-facto civilian leader.

Half a million Rohingya have fled her country to to Bangladesh following the violence.

Ms Suu Kyi is an alumna of St Hugh's College, Oxford, and was previously given an honorary degree.

Aun San Suu Kyi receives her honorary degree from Oxford University in 2012Credit:
Jane Mingay

She was also given the freedom of the city in 1997, when she was held as a political prisoner by Myanmar’s military. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

Oxford City Council leader Bob Price said he supported the "unprecedented step" to remove her freedom of the city honour, adding it was "extraordinary" she had not spoken out about reported atrocities in her country.